.NET Tutorials & Articles
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Lessons learned writing AJAX applications
by Dino EspositoWe’re all familiar these days with the Ajax buzz word – but while it’s relatively simple to use these browser technologies to implement a specific feature in an individual page, it is much more complex to build an entire application according to the Ajax paradigm. This article offers a brief overview of a few aspects you might want to take into account for building successful applications.
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LINQ to log files
by Jon SkeetRunning LINQ queries over databases gets all the limelight, but Jon Skeet reminds us of it's possibilities over object graphs too.
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SharePoint 2010 for Developers - What’s New?
by Sahil MalikASP.NET 2.0 came to SharePoint in 2007 but the development story left us wanting more. Sahil reports on the improvements in SharePoint 2010.
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Getting Started with Kinect Development
by Chris AlexanderBuilding apps on top of the Kinect device
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SLOBbing about with .NET
by Dave WheelerPersisting objects is all about SLOB (serialized large objects), or so says Dave Wheeler who explains how it's now all so much easier.
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Isolated Storage
by Ian StevensonIsolated Storage is a solution to a very common problem, but if you don't understand it then it becomes a problem in its own right.
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First class functions in JavaScript
by Ian ElliotIan Elliot continues to mine for hidden information relating to JavaScript.
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Deep C# - avoiding race conditions
by Mike JamesMike James explores the perils of multi-threading and explores ways of staying safe in a multi-core environment.
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Rails: an introduction
by Kevin JonesEver wondered what “Rails” is all about? Kevin Jones explains what it is and why it's important.
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Documentation made easy with C# and XML
by Mike JamesOf course you want to document your code, but how many of us do? Mike James thinks that coding and documenting can go hand-in-hand.
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Pointers on pointers
by Mike JamesMike James discusses pointers, and concludes that they are often unsafe and generally best avoided.
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Automate web application UI testing with Selenium
by Sing LiTesting web applications is a problem, but Sing Li thinks the solution might be easier than you think with Selenium.
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Regular expressions in C# - the director's cut
by Mike JamesIf you think regular expressions are trivial and boring, Mike James reveals that in .NET they are amazing powerful and not to be missed.
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Concurrency handling techniques in ADO.NET
by Joydip KanjilalJoydip Kanjilal looks at the problems caused by concurrency when accessing data, both online and offline, and how to overcome them.
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JSP for .NET developers
by Sing LiIt can be difficult to appreciate alien technology even if it's doing exactly the same job as something familiar and well understood. Sing Li makes it easy for .NET enthusiasts to comprehend JSP by comparing it with ASP.NET.
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LINQ-ing to XML
by Mike JamesXML, which is all about tree structures, and LINQ, which is all about querying collections, might not seem to fit together, but Mike James explains that they work together just fine.
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Architecting systems using Windows Workflow Foundation
by Richard BlewettPuzzled by WF? Wonder what it's all for? Richard Blewett takes the mystery out of Windows Workflow.
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ActiveRecord for Ruby and Rails
by Kevin JonesKevin Jones explains how ActiveRecord works in Rails, and in a standalone Ruby application.
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Prototypes in JavaScript
by Ian ElliotIan Elliot reveals another gem in the JavaScript collection, and how to use its prototype feature
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Introducing Python for .NET - IronPython
by Mike JamesIs it a dead parrot or does it fly? Mike James looks at IronPython and asks if it really is something completely different.